Genre/Topic: Adverbial clauses, Clauses, Prepositions
Can we use ‘for’, ‘in that’, ‘in as much as’ to give reasons? For what purpose do we use the prepositions ‘because of’, ‘due to’ and ‘owing to’? Are ‘because of’, ‘due to’ and ‘owing to’ followed by a noun/noun phrase or a clause? Can we also use ‘with’ to give reasoning?
A verb expresses an action or a state of being. It can be made of one word or more than one word. When a verb has more than one word (as in the second sentence), then the verb is made of a main verb and one or more than one helping verb. A main verb […]
Genre/Topic: Infinitives, Verbs
What verbs are always followed by the ‘-ing’? What verbs are always followed by the ‘to infinitve’?
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Genre/Topic: Conditional sentences, Tense
What is the conditional type II? What tenses can be used in the if clause of imaginary conditions? When do we use an imaginary condition?
Genre/Topic: Reported speech, Verbs
What is the direct speech? What is the indirect speech? What are reporting verbs? Do we change the pronouns when changing a sentence from direct to indirect? Are other expressions changed too?
The highlighted words below (was built, is visited, etc.) are examples of the passive. We use the passive if we do not know who does something, or if it is not important or not necessary to say who does it.
Genre/Topic: Adverbial clauses, Clauses
For what purpose do we use ‘in order/so as+ to infinitive’? Instead of ‘in order/so as+ to infinitive’, can we simply use the ‘to infinitive’? How do we form negatives in ‘so as/in order’? What is the difference in use of ‘for + noun’ and ‘so..that’?
Genre/Topic: Reported speech, Verbs
What is the direct speech? What is the indirect speech? What is the difference between ‘say’ and ‘tell’? What are reporting verbs? What do they do?
Genre/Topic: Adjectives, Parts of speech
Words like oldest, youngest, older, taller, shorter and shortest show comparisons. Oldest, youngest and shortest are examples of the superlative form. Taller and shorter are examples of the comparative form. We use comparative adjectives when we compare two people, places, animals or objects.
